Webix 3.0: Webix Jet, Visual Designer, New functionality

Now September is in its most colourful phase and we are happy to present our powerful updates. Today we want to highlight a release of Webix 3.0 that adds two absolutely new ways to build a Webix based app and new features, which are unique, and can’t be found in any other HTML frameworks.

Let’s start with 2 major updates.

Webix Jet – framework that works

Webix UI helps you to create apps faster by providing rich widgets. Still the whole app is more complex than just a set of widgets. Developers also need to arrange their code nicely as well as solve such tasks as app routing, state saving, code re-usage and etc. To cover all above concerns, we are introducing micro framework Webix Jet as part of the release. It will definitely save your time and efforts.

You may continue using Webix in a way you are used to, but if you want to try Webix Jet – here are the docs.

Visual designer – drag it and drop it

Starting from version 3.0, you can create UI in the visual designer. Just choose the necessary widgets, arrange and rearrange them with drag-and-drop, tune their properties and get the resulting code. You can design and prototype the interface without mastering the art of JavaScript.

The tool is currently in the beta state. It is fully functional, but we still have lots of features in mind.

New functionality

And, of course, version Webix 3.0 adds other cool features

Infinity Sub-Views in Grid to improve your user experience

Now you can show complex data with Webix UI in a more flexible way. From version 3.0 Webix Datatable can include a Sub-row or a Sub-view in each row. Now you can embed another datatable or any widget (or even complex UI!) into a Datatable row.